Saturday, February 15, 2014

I have seen my fair share of police
procedurals (more than some could say). It’s a tried and true story
format. Suspects, however, tries to do
something a little different. It
attempts to present the information as organically as possible, "fly on the wall storytelling" was the way it was described. The show takes on a documentary and semi-news
footage feel to it. This isn't a slick
crime show, with fast talking detectives, who always know more than their
audience members. In fact, the actors were
regularly told to use improvisation in their scenes, which in turn made for some clunky pieces of dialogue.

Starring Fay Ripley, Clare-Hope Ashitey, and Damien Molony the
premiere episode throws us right into the story already in progress. There’s no introduction of our three
detectives and we’re expected to just fall into step with the action. The audience watches news-like footage and listen to a reporter’s voice over explaining
the basics of the crime that has occurred.